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Federal cases are forever felonies. There is no mechanism to expunge the conviction. No judge has the authority to remove the label. Given the disproportionate number of LGTBIAQ+ people and People of Color in prison since the Reagan era, there are scores of people wearing the label FELON. This does nothing positive for a personContinue reading “Forever Felonies”

J E  Date: 9/15/23                   Congressional districts are the 435 regions from which voting representatives are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. These districts are also used to calculate the population of the world.  Congressional maps are meant to divide states into equal sections so that people of different backgrounds are represented. However,  AlabamaContinue reading ” The Fight Against Alabama’s Congressional Map”

Jerrica Eke  Date: 9/3/23 The Civil War was a time in American history that scarred African Americans for life. During the Civil War, African Americans were used as slaves, beaten, denied basic rights, starved and so much more. The damage left behind by this war left African Americans impaired forever.                        During the Civil War    TheContinue reading “POST CIVIL WAR”

07-29-2020 Survival of the Fittest means a person that’s the strongest, sharpest, and that’s able to adapt to new places. In school, you have to be the fittest, because to be successful in life you have to try your hardest to come out as the best. Another scenario is athletes, they also have to adaptContinue reading “Survival of the Fittest by JA E age 12”

7/29/2020                              Isolation means  to be alone . When you isolate you separate from another person. For example, people with Covid-19 have to isolate themselves so they don’t help spread this dangerous disease. Isolation can cause depression. That’s because  staying in a room alone for a long  time without seeing your family or loved onesContinue reading “Isolation by Je E age 9”

Stuffed in that lovely little cigarette box, Even now, you come to find me, And still amidst Apollo’s lilac orbs, The sun falls gray and earthly bows For you, I sit on wintry fired nights, With eyes on eyes of anchored velvet Lacing, whose majesty, all wrought with simple Splendor waits on dusted streets whereContinue reading “Cigarette Box Lovers”

… Latin Couplet You never go out with a dirty body, Flaccus:             I do not wonder why you often stay at home. Cum foedo excedis numquam tu corpore, Flacce:             Quid maneas miror non ego saepe domi. by Max Stein-Golenbock

by Max Stein-Golenbock 9/3/05 Throughout life, we face challenges and hardships.  From mere bumps in the road to imminent dangers, we all face challenges every day.  It is commonly believed that once we can overcome an obstacle and can make it through the storm, the rest of the way is smooth sailing.  Often, if weContinue reading “Superman Inspires Fear in Agawam”

by Wendy Golenbock When I was a child, my father would accompany my mother and me to many Broadway shows and other events.  I never thought he liked Broadway musicals or any other outing, because he would spend the entire time watching from Mom to me to Robert to Peter to mom.  He simply enjoyedContinue reading “Cut Velvet”

by Wendy Golenbock Our iguana arrived in 1995. He was given to our five year old as a birthday present. The present was part of a challenge in the ‘most obnoxious gift competition’. Can you picture it? I get my friend’s son a drum set, she buys my son a karaoke set, I get herContinue reading “Tommy”